Some news reports had said Yadav might choose a "safe" seat like Nalanda, which is considered a pocket borough of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, for the coming general elections instead of Madhepura.

The reports had also said that Yadav might opt for Rajya Sabha and former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, who had been acquitted in the murder case of CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, has been saying that he would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Madhepura.

The JD (U) chief said he had been raising problems of backward Kosi region and would continue to do so in future too.

Yadav said he would take initiative after January 31 to bring Left and other regional parties on one platform against Congress and BJP. But, he did not identify the regional parties he would contact for the purpose.